This is the first time I have not heard the pump run when I turn the key.

On 10/18/07, Mark Drillock <drillock@earthlink.net> wrote:
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> You should hear the fuel pump run for 1-2 seconds every time you turn on
> the key.
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> Mark
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> Donna Skarloken wrote:
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> > Last Sunday, in the middle of trying to move my mom, my van suddenly
> > started running rough at a stop sign.  Knowing that the a/c puts a
> > load on the engine, I turned it off.  Ran slightly better but after
> > leaveing the stop sign ran rough again.  I made it to my mom-in-law's
> > about a quarter mile away and when I drove in the driveway and pushed
> > the clutch in it died.  Hard to restart but got it going and made it
> > back to my driveway where it quite again.  I got it started again and
> > the idle surged up a bit, dropped down and continued rough so I turned
> > it off.  Turns over but can't start since.
> >
> > I don't hear the buzz of the fuel pump when I turn the key on, just a
> > "clunk."  Am I on the right track to think it's the fuel pump or are
> > there other things to check too?
> >
> > It has about 170,000 on the motor.
> >
> > Thanks. My last tune up was a little over a year ago.
> >
> > Donna, 87 Syncro
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